Modeling Chronic Pain Experiences from Online Reports Using the Reddit Reports of Chronic Pain Dataset

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2023

Authors

Fani Neto (Author) FMUP; Nunes, Diogo A. P. (Author) Other; Joana Ferreira-Gomes (Author) Other; David Martins de Matos (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Information (Switzerland)

Vol. 14

Final page: 237

ISSN: 2078-2489

Publisher: MDPI

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Authenticus ID: P-00Y-8QT

DOI: 10.3390/info14040237

Abstract (EN): Reported experiences of chronic pain may convey qualities relevant to the exploration of this private and subjective experience. We propose this exploration by means of the Reddit Reports of Chronic Pain (RRCP) dataset. We define and validate the RRCP for a set of subreddits related to chronic pain, identify the main concerns discussed in each subreddit, model each subreddit according to their main concerns, and compare subreddit models. The RRCP dataset comprises 86,537 submissions from 12 subreddits related to chronic pain (each related to one pathological background). Each RRCP subreddit was found to have various main concerns. Some of these concerns are shared between multiple subreddits (e.g., the subreddit Sciatica semantically entails the subreddit backpain in their various concerns, but not the other way around), whilst some concerns are exclusive to specific subreddits (e.g., Interstitialcystitis and CrohnsDisease). Our analysis details each of these concerns and their (dis)similarity relations. Although limited by the intrinsic qualities of the Reddit platform, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first research work attempting to model the linguistic expression of various chronic pain-inducing pathologies and comparing these models to identify and quantify the similarities and differences between the corresponding emergent, chronic pain experiences.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 24